Micro Whale WTV55K1 Takes You Into 4K Home Theater Era

With the continuous launch of music TV and millet TV, the traditional television industry has also attracted Internet-based outbreaks. With the superior performance of smart TVs, rich video sources give users a better audio-visual experience, meaning new content sources. The era of being king is approaching. This author was fortunate enough to get the love of Yi Xun and Xiao Wei Science and Technology, and everyone will experience the next new generation of this micro whale smart TV: WTV55K1

First look at a group of micro whale parameters:


Next, with the author's footsteps to evaluate the next TV is really worthy of the name.



The whales WTV55K1 packing box is wrapped in yellow five-layer kraft paper. The kraft paper has excellent abrasion resistance, which can better protect the micro whale from damage caused by pressure during transportation.

The micro whale specifically marked the opening method of the box on the outside of the box, and the Chinese energy efficiency label in the upper right corner indicated that the micro whale TV is an electrical product with an energy consumption level of 3.


On the side of the package, there is a description of the micro-whales' parameters. This is the black whale WTV55K1 model used by the author.


Unpacking the box, the small whale television as a whole is very large, the size of the main unit is 55 inches and the size of the screen is 710mm1230mm, while the thickness of the top of the TV body is controlled at 15mm, and it has to admire the technology of the micro whale. The ultra-narrow frame design can bring borderless visual effects when turned on, effectively increasing the proportion of the screen.


The thickness of the body of the 15mm whale is even more outstanding in its class. Compared with the LeTV S50 Air, it is the ultra-slim body that is the ultimate.


The thickness of the back of the body of the micro whale is only slightly larger than the diameter of a one-dollar coin. Compared with LeTV, the whale is light and slim.


The micro-whale compresses the panel frame thickness to 7.1mm. The surface of the black metal frame adopts a diamond grinding process and has a golden brushed texture visually. At the same time, the micro-whale creates three anodizing processes to process the metal surface. The machine has a better sense of quality.


A notification light is set in the lower left corner of the TV. You can set different color reminders according to your preferences in the app.



And LeTV TV breathing light LOGO settings are different, the small whale LOGO specially designed with local gold brushed design, "WHALEY" in the metallic color is very bright dazzling.


Mini whales with a minimalist design style do not have too many redundant designs on the front panel. In addition to the micro whale LOGO, only this power sign can be said to be simple and complete.



Micro whale TV has a rich interface, supports 3 HDMI2.0 (relative to HDMI1.4, HDMI2.0 interface faster transmission, up to 18Gbps), 1 USB2.0 and 2 USB3.0, an SD card Slot, an RF antenna interface, a UART, a CVBS, an SPDIF fiber, and a network cable port. In the later period of use, the rich interfaces can be better compatible with various devices. At the same time, the micro whale has gold plating at each interface, which can better prevent oxidation of the interface surface and increase the service life.


The ultra-narrow frame of the micro-whale TV is controlled at about 6.8mm, even thinner than the frame of the LeTV. The ultra-narrow frame can give us a better frameless viewing experience.

The small whale television adopts a traditional Phillips screw in screw selection, and the design of the two sides of the corners is even more visually pleasing.


The tiny whale deliberately has a five-way operation button in the lower right corner of the back of the TV to facilitate the user to directly operate the TV while leaving the remote control. At the same time, thanks to the five-way operation button design, the back of the camera is more simple and stylish.

The fins of the micro whale are very neatly arranged in the upper groove, and the central micro whale LOGO is well-prepared. The interface area is uniformly planned to the lower right corner of the L-shaped groove. The lower left corner only has the power socket and One product nameplate.


The micro-whale's nameplate is marked with product-related parameters: the model number is WTV55K1, and the rated power is: 220V 50Hz 185W.



The tiny whale adopts a metal square bracket design. The bracket is very slim and compact, and can be well integrated with the TV. At the same time, it is also very convenient to install. The design of the low center and large angle fork can better ensure the stability of the fuselage and reduce The insecurity caused by the shaking of the body.



The electroplated high-gloss texture with metal matte texture, mix and match the clever design crashed into a stylish metal texture, while ensuring the stability of the micro-whale, but also makes people full of an exotic style.


Different from the infrared remote control on the market, the micro whale remote control adopts blue technology, and is powered by two No. 7 power supplies. The overall black matte processing, the front of the remote control has only 8 buttons + 1 circular direction keys, the bottom of the remote control is printed with lovely Little whale LOGO icon.


In terms of holding, thanks to the compact design of the micro-whale, the one-handed grip is very comfortable, and the simple and ultimate key design is also easier to use during use. The black matte appearance can not only prevent slippage, but also can effectively control the fingerprint and increase the dirt resistance.


Unlike other TV power cords, the power cord of the Micro Whale is designed to better fit the back of the unitary body and deliberately simplifies the design of the power plug to better hide behind the TV host.




Micro whale boot screen is very cool, vividly jumped out of a whale, because it is a dynamic picture, the camera real shot effect is poor, the real effect is very cool and cool.


Microwhale remote control adopts Bluetooth connection, only need to follow the TV prompts, press and hold the remote control two keys, will be paired after hearing the buzzing, taking into account the Bluetooth effective distance limit, so when the remote control is paired, the best You can bind the remote control near the TV.


After the pairing of the remote controller is completed, it begins to enter the network connection setting interface. The micro whale TV will automatically scan the nearby wifi signal. Thanks to the dual antenna design, the micro whale is very powerful in signal reception capability. Wall, but the signal is full, the ability to pass through the wall is very good, while the micro-whale TV also supports 802.11ac WiFi protocol, the performance of the new router support is very good; while the micro-whale in order to take into account the old router user experience, TV combines MIMO Technology, officially announced that it can achieve the highest rate of 867Mbps, I believe the next use will have a smoother experience.


The micro-whale TV supports the micro-whale account and WeChat binding. It only requires two-dimensional code scanning to log in. It is believed that in the era of two-dimensional code, the experience of scanning by mobile phone scanning will be more simple and convenient.


The bottom left corner of the micro-whale TV is also preset with different colors of the host signal design. When the user sets different colors, the lower left corner will correspond to the signal light, which is more cool.


Micro Whale TV has a built-in WUI system based on Android's deep customization. It adopts waterfall flow design style, card-style window buttons, and card-style color are similar to LeTV UI. The waterfall flow interface brings better ease of use and a more convenient operation experience.


The overall UI interface of the micro-whale is clearer and simpler than that of the LeTV UI. It uses the left and right sides of the design, the left column, and the right-hand side details. This is in contrast to the Meizu Flyme, and the card-based graphical design is more intuitive and concise. .


The microwhale WUI has been categorized according to the type of video: movies, TV dramas, variety shows, news, children, anime, music, documentary, opera. For the elderly in the home, the operation experience will be simpler. You only need to follow the type you want to watch.


The micro whale uses cooperation with CNC, CNR, Warner, Oriental DreamWorks, Star Media, TVB, etc. in the film source, and relies on Alibaba and Tencent Internet giant resources. In the process of using the movie, the author saw many new movies in the cinema. Included in the source library of the micro-whale, you can click to play the latest blockbusters. Most of the videos support super-clear sources. Relatively speaking, the 4K source is still relatively small. I hope that the micro-whales will continue to supplement in the future.



In entertainment, micro whale built a variety of app resources, games, music, entertainment K songs, Taobao shopping, etc., the author as a loyal MT dead powder, see the micro whale built MT poster is very excited. In the game experience on TV, the hardware configuration requirements for the TV itself will be higher. The high-performance configuration of the MStar 6A828 (Cortex A53 quad-core 1.4GHz)+ARM Mali-450+2G DDR3 allows the author to look forward to the future .


In terms of software installation, the micro-whale TV supports three modes of local installation, remote installation, and U-disk installation. Compared with other TVs on the market, it has a remote installation mode that can support remote installation of mobile phones, tablets, and computers, and can be more user-friendly. Make a choice and have a lot of app extensions. The recommended users can install video apps such as VST All-In-One, Tai Jie Video, and TV Home, which can be more abundant for viewing resources at ordinary times.


As for the signal source, the micro whale can select the corresponding signal source input mode through the remote control according to the user interface requirements. Different types of the signal source such as TV\uHDMI\AV can better expand the signal, connect various types of SLRs, cameras, and projections. Smart products such as TV boxes, etc. can do their job.


The micro-whale also uses LeTV's hardware + software service model. Each micro-whale TV user randomly includes a 398-yuan micro-whale membership service pack for two years. The micro-whale members have their own exclusive member library for exclusive use during the membership period. Picture quality source.


Micro-Whale TV has a built-in screen-casting function, allowing users to easily wirelessly cast screens on mobile phones, tablets, and other devices. For a family who likes to play games, they can use the wireless screen-casting function to project wireless games on micro-whale TVs. , Ultra HD large screen will definitely bring a better gaming experience.





On the big screen viewing effect, the author measured two ultra-clear 1080P film sources from Tencent, which were the Kung Fu Panda and Ninja Turtle variants. From the perspective of the visual effect of the viewing, the actual effect is obviously better than the photograph taken, the color performance is very full, the screen has a strong sense of hierarchy, and it must be admitted that the ultra-thin frameless design does give a lot of points to the overall viewing scene. The feeling is even stronger, and at the same time, the source of ultra-clear micro-whales for home broadband is even higher. The author's 10M mobile broadband can basically meet daily needs.





4K is still another core highlight of the micro-whale TV, micro whale deliberately using LG imported genuine 4K IPS hard screen, resolution up to 38402160, I can not wait to open the micro whale built-in 4K source library experience, this time selected The Need for Speed ​​and Steel Tekken Boxing show, the 178° ultra-wide viewing angle is indeed very shocking in the actual viewing, whether it is the front or the side of the viewing to have a good viewing angle, Need for speed screen color sense, the entire width The brightness of the screen is relatively uniform, and with the 55-inch giant screen effect, the author has a kind of immersive experience. In the braking process, the response speed of the micro whale is excellent, there is no situation such as screen smearing, dropped frames, etc. It is very smooth; the iron and steel boxing movie overall picture highlights and shadows contrast plots, the performance of the micro whale is also quite good, bright and dark edges smooth and smooth, the color of the performance also tends to true and natural, you can do a good fine control of brightness and darkness , Picture depth and three-dimensional sense give me more realism.

On the video and audio, the author raised the volume to about 20, and experienced in the 66m2 bedroom. The built-in sound is still quite satisfactory. The high-frequency tweeter has strong explosive power. The vocal performance is delicate, and the level is clear. The bass area has a strong potential and the boom is even louder. True, with a 4K HD experience, enjoying a personal cinematic experience in the home should be more than enough, if you like more shocking listening effects, you can enjoy a louder volume without disturbing your neighbors.


The micro whale also has a variety of built-in scene modes. The user can select the corresponding mode according to his/her preferences. Different modes have preset different setting item effects to facilitate the user to set a key.


The micro whale also supports the voice on demand function as well as the music video on demand. It can be used for video on demand by holding down the voice button of the remote control. The only regret is that it does not support the music function and can not support the music voice on demand. I believe in the future. With the upgrade of WUI, WUI will support more on-demand features.


Before the light leakage test, the author was still more concerned about whether there was serious light leakage in the micro-whale TV, but found that in the case of testing 6 sets of monochrome display, the choice of the micro-whale TV in the IPS hard-screen was not using the original LG. Imports, only a slight light leakage, this is a normal phenomenon, and the color display on the color display is almost no color cast, SLR shooting does not show the actual effect is good, the actual display, the color distribution is uniform, there is no transition color deviation situation, in 6 In the group monochrome display test, no bad spots were found, and the colors were also very positive, satisfying the screen effect.


Grayscale tests TV's transition from black to white, reflecting black and white contrast and level changes in actual viewing.
It can be seen that the transition from black to white is very smooth, and there is no color and color faults. The black and white contrast is the most direct expression of TV contrast. The micro whale has a good performance on gray scale.




In the test of red, green and blue tricolor levels, the color gradation transition of the whale display is very smooth and there is no clear cutoff. The red, green, and blue colors have not been exposed, and the level distinction is very obvious. I believe this also benefits from the micro The professional 10 bit panel used by whales can have richer color performance capabilities, and the performance of color difference is also significantly better than the 8 bit panel.


Ann Bunny evaluation run is divided into: 30796 points, the author tried several times to run points, the average value is about 31000 fluctuations, is much higher than music as the S50 Air's 17,000 points, the performance is probably music as the S50 1.8 times, the configuration is still Quite strong.



Security Bunny video test run points total score of 872 points, equivalent to Hisense K380, Skyworth 58E6000 level, the latter can be five or six thousand price TV, micro whale more cost-effective.



Video compatibility, the author through nearly 30 sets of different video encapsulation format testing, 27 groups play smoothly, only the only three groups of formats to play a little video card, for the video format support, the micro-whale's resolution capability also performed very well, plus The H.265 4K@60 frame's decoding capability is added. It almost takes all the mainstream video formats on the market and can play a variety of super-clearing sources.


In terms of HTML5 performance, Ann Bunny's evaluation gave a total score of 13,824. Although in daily life, users rarely TV access and experience with HTML5, it is believed that the performance of 1W3 can bring better possibilities in the future.



The current latest version of the Micro Whale WUI is WUI 01.00.05, which is based on Android5.0.2 64-bit depth customization. It can be seen from the system configuration that the micro whale has built-in 2G RAM, 4G ROM, and about 3G of memory is available after the factory boots. Need more storage space, SD card expansion.

Evaluation summary:

Micro whale 55K1 as a 55 吋 4K smart TV, work hard on the ultra-thin body work, 7mm extremely narrow border processing is indeed in the overall view, will make people have a borderless super cool experience, micro whale advocated Simple design style in the appearance of the machine work on the most vivid expression, without too much redundant design can be more conducive to easy to get started.

As an Internet TV, the richness of content sources greatly influences the purchase decision of users. The cooperation lineup of micro-whale TV is still quite strong. Whether it is traditional TVB, Oriental DreamWorks, Time Warner, or relying on Tencent. The cooperation of Alibaba.com has ensured the support of the output of the content source upload. It also allows us to have a lot of peace of mind as a user of the micro whale.

Through this direct comparison with the LeTV S50 AIR hardware configuration, it can be seen that the micro-whale is also far ahead in terms of hardware performance. The author used to be LeTV powder, so the data on sub-micro whale running is very profound and it is believed to be audiovisual, The game or other entertainment experience, within three to five years, this configuration should not have any problems, users can also easily use the TV box and the micro whale to use for the better future expansion.

The author chose the large-screen TV to a greater extent also based on the pursuit of home theater, giant screen, large screen, high-definition, shocking sound quality is absolutely indispensable, believe that the micro whale 55K1 is the same as other dream pursuers like me .

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